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The first sign of open resistance against payment of the tax came when a magistrate called A.W. Leslie went to collect taxes from the Hlongwa and Cele clans in the Silverstream district.

The Hlongwas refused to pay. They were taken to the Kranskop Court, where they were each sentenced to a term of imprisonment and 25 lashes.

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On 20 January a white farmer from Camperdown was murdered after he took his labourers to Pietermaritzburg to pay their taxes.

Another incident occurred on 7 February in the Mgeni district, where a small group of protesters known as Ibandla Lika Musi resisted Chief Mveli's efforts to take members of the Fungi clan to the magistrate's office to pay taxes.

Mveli reported the matter to the magistrate and police were dispatched to investigate. On 8 February, two police officers were killed trying to arrest Mlongo, the leader of the resisters.

There were other instances of protest and resistance, and the white settlers demanded t